We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic student midwives due to qualify in 2025 or early 2026, to join our team who are passionate about delivering high quality care, whilst achieving the best patient experience.
There are opportunities to support all areas within our maternity services; the innovative Northumbria specialist emergency care hospital (NSECH) has a Birthing Centre, mixed antenatal/postnatal inpatient ward and a 24 hour Pregnancy Assessment Unit. The Birthing Centre offers women midwifery care with state of the art facilities including waterbirth pools, alongside women who require joint Obstetric care . We also have 3 stand-alone midwifery led units offering continuity pathways of care.
We offer a comprehensive training package as well as having strong links with local universities and take great pride in the excellent preceptorship package of which we offer to our newly qualified midwives.
This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.
As part of the Midwifery profession, the successful candidates be on track to achieve a midwifery registration.
You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication/interpersonal skills, compassion, flexibility and willingness to develop new skills.
Successful candidates are expected to participate in Trust statutory/mandatory training on a yearly basis.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people great choice and control over their care and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient and staff experience programmes of any trust in England.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Aurora Hamilton Job title: Senior midwife Email address: aurora.hamilton@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0191 6072816
